Why choose Gather?
Choose Gather for an album that’s easy to join and lovely to explore. Guests don’t need to install an app or create an account, and you can give the collection a design that belongs to your event.
Skip the trip to the app store.
Put a QR code on the tables or send the album link. Guests open it on their phones and contribute photos and videos in their browser.
Give the album your own style.
Choose a complete theme and customize its font pairing, colours and layout. The $79 managed plan includes every design, hosting and backups.
There’s a free way to run Gather.
Our self-hosted edition is Apache-2.0 software, with six themes and no Gather subscription, trial expiry or commercial storage quota. You provide the server and storage.
The difference, at a glance.
WedShoots is a free wedding photo-sharing app with shared albums, filters and privacy settings. Its official guest journey asks people to install the app and find the wedding. Gather’s guest journey runs in the browser, with curated album designs and a choice of managed hosting or free self-hosting.
WedShoots official app description ↗
Written by Gather · Official source reviewed September 10, 2026.
Make it yours.
Make the album an easy yes for your guests, and a design you’re excited to share. Explore the themes to find your starting point.
Explore the album themes